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* The song "Crayons Can Melt on us For All I Care" by Relient K

* The lyrics to the theme song for ''It's Gary Shandling's Show'' are about how the songwriter is writing the theme to ''It's Gary Shandling's Show''.

* "Dance Stop" by DanielAmos is about society doing its best to ignore a nuclear apocalypse, dancing right until the bombs detonate. The music is fast and upbeat, and DA would encourage fans at concerts to dance along.
* "Superpowers" by FiveIronFrenzy:
-->Sometimes we have a deadline, for writing our songs.
-->Five minutes left to write this one... la, la la, la la, la la la.

* LouReed's "Walk on the Wild Side"

* [[WeirdAl Weird Al's]] "(This song's just) six words long."
* "School's Out" by Music/AliceCooper:
-->Well, we've got no class
-->And we've got no innocence
-->And we've got no principles

->''"That song had no content! It wasn't even about the movie, it was about itself! That's like [[BreakingTheFourthWall breaking the]] [[BeyondTheImpossible ninth wall]]!"''

* [[{{Creator/Tobuscus}} Tobuscus']] ''Dramatic Song'' is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin an emotional-sounding song]]... as long as you don't speak English. The lyrics simply explain the fact that he's not singing about anything serious or dramatic but it just sounds like that, all whilst constantly lampshading the music, vocals and how foreign people who don't speak English might find this song intense. See it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WteF0j5gYGk#! here]].

* [[{{Creator/Tobuscus}} Tobuscus']] ''Dramatic Song'' is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin an emotional-sounding song]]... as long as you don't speak English. The lyrics simply explain the fact that he's not singing about anything serious or dramatic but it just sounds like that, all whilst constantly lampshading the music and vocals. See it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WteF0j5gYGk#! here]].

Compare IResembleThatRemark, ThisIsASong, TropeName, and BoastfulRap (as most of that features this trope).

* Subverted or Averted (Depending on your opinion) in the song ''The Sultans of Swing'' by DireStraits. Many genres of music are listed in the Sultans' repertoire, and the song itself does not belong to any of them

* "Body Be" by [[ChristianRock Johnny Q. Public]] explores the idea that [[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%2012:12-26&version=NLT believers in Christ can be different, while still members of one spiritual body]], and that if one part tries to intrude on the natural function of another, chaos ensues. Around the bridge another song begins, then fades out. It comes back near the crescendo and the entire song dissolves into a confused mess.

* "School's Out" by AliceCooper:

->''"That song had no content! It wasn't even about the movie, it was about itself! That's like [[BreakingTheFourthWall breaking the]] [[BeyondTheImpossible ninth]] [[BreakingTheFourthWall wall]]!"''

* "Dance Stop" by Daniel Amos is about society doing its best to ignore a nuclear apocalypse, dancing right until the bombs detonate. The music is fast and upbeat, and DA would encourage fans at concerts to dance along.

* ''{{Spamalot}}'''s "The Song that Goes Like This".

* "Ten Dollar Solo" from ''CommentaryTheMusical'' is entirely about itself.

* The lyrics to the theme song for ''It's Gary Shandling's Show'' are about how the songwriter is writing the theme to ''It's Gary Shandling's Show''.

* The song "Montage" from SouthPark and TeamAmericaWorldPolice facilitates this trope by describing the exact narrative devices and reasoning behind {{Montages}} while the viewer actually watches a montage on-screen.

->"That song had no content! It wasn't even about the movie, it was about itself! That's like breaking the ninth wall!"
-->-- Jed, ''CommentaryTheMusical''

Compare IResembleThatRemark, ThisIsASong, and BoastfulRap (as most of that features this trope).

-->Everything must <Abrupt cutoff. CD ends.>

Compare IResembleThatRemark and BoastfulRap (as most of that features this trope).